The development objective of the Higher Education Improvement Project for Cambodia are to improve the quality, relevance and equity of education and research at targeted higher education institutions, improve governance in the sector, and to provide immediate and effective response in case of an eligible crisis or emergency.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures are includes : (i) all students raised difficulty in finding place for living when they first come to Phnom Penh for their higher education; (ii) encourage private sector to invest in affordable housing around the university zone; (iii) difficult to adapt to the busy traffic, that they are not familiar with locations and road directions, that they were scared travelling along the congested roads, and did not like living in a congested and noisy living environment; (iv) lack of financial support is very critical as all students are from families that are poor or just above the poverty line; (v) all participated students said they have no or little English comprehension; (vi) the universities shall offer computer and IT training class providing basic knowledge of the use of computer and IT related knowledge for daily research work; (vii) there are complaints that the universities have insufficient facilities to support disabled students i.e. lift, ramp or visual equipment during teaching; (viii) provisions of modern and up-to-date laboratory and library with access to high-speed and stable internet will encourage students to spend more time on experiment and research to improve quality of education; and (ix) electricity is cut-off very often causing interruption during teaching and more seriously during the experiment work.
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The development objective of the Higher Education Improvement Project for Cambodia are to improve the quality, relevance and equity of education and research at targeted higher education institutions, improve governance in the sector, and to provide immediate and effective response in case of an eligible crisis or emergency.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures are includes : (i) all students raised difficulty in finding place for living when they first come to Phnom Penh for their higher education; (ii) encourage private sector to invest in affordable housing around the university zone; (iii) difficult to adapt to the busy traffic, that they are not familiar with locations and road directions, that they were scared travelling along the congested roads, and did not like living in a congested and noisy living environment; (iv) lack of financial support is very critical as all students are from families that are poor or just above the poverty line; (v) all participated students said they have no or little English comprehension; (vi) the universities shall offer computer and IT training class providing basic knowledge of the use of computer and IT related knowledge for daily research work; (vii) there are complaints that the universities have insufficient facilities to support disabled students i.e. lift, ramp or visual equipment during teaching; (viii) provisions of modern and up-to-date laboratory and library with access to high-speed and stable internet will encourage students to spend more time on experiment and research to improve quality of education; and (ix) electricity is cut-off very often causing interruption during teaching and more seriously during the experiment work.
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Early childhood development (ECD) is a multidimensional process that takes place from conception until age five. These years mark the most important period for an individual's development.
... See More + In this period, the building blocks of the brain and nervous system are formed, and critical skills and capacities begin to develop across a number of interrelated domains (Nelson 2000). Despite this ample international evidence, the state of ECD in Qatar has thus far been understudied. Child development outcomes in Qatar are below what is expected given its level of economic development. Gaps in self-regulation skills persist, with a third of children ages three and four being unable to attend to, and focus on, simple tasks without being distracted easily. As a tripartite collaboration between the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) at Qatar Foundation, the Ministry of Education and Higher Education of the State of Qatar and the World Bank, this study begins to fill this gap by providing an overview of the state of ECD in Qatar and setting forward recommendations to strengthen ECD in the country. The report first analyzes ECD outcomes in Qatar, examining how Qatar fares in five ECD domains compared to other countries. Section two builds the evidence base in the Qatari context by testing whether specific ECD programs are associated with improved child outcomes in the country. Section three takes a systemic view, analyzing the policies that govern ECD in Qatar and offers recommendations for their enhancement. Finally, section four concludes with a summary of key policy recommendations and some considerations for their implementation.
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The Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER) is a flagship program designed to support countries in systematically examining and strengthening the performance of their education systems.
... See More + Part of the World Bank’s Education Sector Strategy, SABER uses diagnostic applications for examining education systems and their component policy domains against global standards and best practices in comparison with the policies and practices of countries around the world. By leveraging global knowledge, the SABER applications fill a gap in the availability of data and evidence on what matters most to improve the quality of education and achievement of better results. This report discusses the results of applying the SABER–Education Management Information Systems (EMIS) framework to analyzing the main information system currently used for data collection in Ukrainian pre-university education, the State Information System of Education (DISO). The objectives of this report are to examine the system according to key policy areas, identify successes and challenges in the system, and provide recommendations to support the continued advancement of EMIS in Ukraine. The information used in this analysis was collected by a local consultant during late 2016 and analyzed by World Bank staff in early 2017.
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